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2008 Australian Cotton Conference
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Presentations and papers from the 2008 Cotton Conference.
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(2008-08-10)Herbicide resistance is an ever increasing hurdle for sustainable agriculture, not only in Australia but worldwide. Currently there are 319 resistant biotypes of 185 weed species that are resistant to herbicides from the ...
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(2008-08-10)Knowing how you are performing compared to your region or industry, facilitates continuous improvement in management and water use. Unfortunately irrigation benchmarking data has in the past not been well recorded. The ...
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Spraying for mirids and benchmarking the triggers: what's working and what needs more development. (2008-08-10)Summary * Pest managers were surveyed to benchmark mirid management practices * Many mirid sprays were applied when mirids were below threshold and fruit retention was high (>85%). * This is largely ...
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(2008-08-10)Stopping seed-set on weeds that have survived a treatment of glyphosate is an important part of an IWM approach to preventing the development of glyphosate resistance. The double knock method of seed-set prevention to avoid ...
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(2008-08-10)Cotton pickers with on-board module builders (OBMB) eliminates the need for boll buggies, module builders, the tractors, and labor needed to operate this machinery. Additionally, field efficiency may be increased due to ...
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(2008-08-13)My presentation 'Winning back markets for Australian cotton is an important topic. I have been buying Australian cotton for over 20 years and supplying it to spinning mills in Japan and other countries also. My company ...
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(2008-08-08)A new relationship between the Cotton Industry and Regional Natural Resource Management (NRM) bodies has successfully capitalised on the implementation of NRM Best Management Practices within cotton catchments. The ...
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(2008-08-10)When comparing BollgardII with conventional cotton, the lower water requirement and higher lint yield of Bollgard II was explained by greater insect damage in conventional cotton. The effect of this damage was to delay ...
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(2008-08-10)Results from silicon (Si) trials support prior research that silicon may be important in reducing the severity of fusarium wilt in cotton seedlings. Si amendments were identified that reduced disease severity under glasshouse ...
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(2008-08-08)The Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) Programme was established in 1990 to improve the effectiveness of Australia's research and development effort. It links researchers with industry to focus R&D efforts on progress ...
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(2008-08-08)In Australia, about 85% of cotton farmers grows transgenic (Bt) cotton. Bt cotton controls only Lepidopteran pests but is not effective against sucking pests. Control of these pests and also b Helicoverpa spp. in conventional ...
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(2008-08-10)The principal sources of greenhouse gas emissions on mixed cotton farming enterprises include CO2 from decomposition of crop residues added to soils and native soil organic matter, and the combustion of fuels. Nitrous oxide ...
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(2008-08-10)The National Cotton Training Coordinator project has involved the development of various training strategies that address this declining skill base. It has concentrated on developing programs that focus on skill set ...
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(2008-08-10)Dall'Alba notes that we have no shortage of competitors', and 'we should not take the current high rating of our Australian cotton for granted'. Rather 'we need to continue improving our Australian cotton while not sacrificing ...
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(2008-08-10)This study reports on field trials using Magnet formulation with insecticide to determine the effect of applying the attracticide to a centrally located BollgardII (Bt) cotton crop on levels of Helicoverpa spp. adults, ...
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(2008-08-10)The purpose of this paper is twofold. The first section highlights Biosecurity issues for the Australian Cotton industry while the second section examines the potential impact climate change will have on Biosecurity and ...
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(2008-08-10)Pyriproxyfen (Admiral), diafenthiuron (Pegasus) and bifenthrin (Talstar) are currently registered for whitefly control in cotton. Monitoring the resistance status of these insecticides in controlling SLW is critical if ...
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(2008-08-10)I am going to talk about the changes in the global textile industry over the past few years. The topic will be explored in a few areas:, (i) Current States of Textile Industry, (ii) Recent Changes in China, (iii) Challenges ...
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(2008-08-10)The Australian Cotton Industry has been actively practising insecticide resistance management for 25 years, with the introduction of the Insecticide Resistance Management Strategy (IRMS) in 1983. Initial focus was on ...
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(2008-08-10)During work conducted between 2003 and 2006 on the potential for genetically modified cotton to affect soil microbiota it became apparent that variety type can influence microbiology associated with the rhizosphere. To ...